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I know I added these last year but would anyone like some cinnamon aerial tubers?

I lost most of my greenhouse plants when, due to my neighbour's negligence, my small greenhouse was destroyed by fire in August! Friends were kind though and even so late in the season managed to find some replacements in local garden centres  - one Serrano, a jalapeño, a ring of fire and one unlabelled. I was lucky enough to save my cherished Pepperdew plant which I have been growing each year from saved seeds for many years (originally donated by Piglet Willie), so I've ended up with lots of chillies after all. They've done extremely well outdoors too! Most of them are now hanging up to dry or safely stored in the freezer and plenty more are still ripening.
I'm hoping the replacement greenhouse will be in place before the colder nights are upon us as I plan on storing the plants over the winter to get an early start next year.

Tricia

Put 8 Maris Peer in 1st september in polytunnel. tops 6 inches up now. 

Bosnian Yellow.  Another bean received originally from Dutch seed saver Jaap Vlaming, which he spotted in a garden on a journey to Bosnia.  He admired them and ended up asking and receiving seeds.  A slightly later bean, but a beauty worth waiting for, with pale lilac flowers and long and broad delicious pods.  These are for fresh eating, but the seeds are not small and any left over can be used as drying beans too.  The beans inside develop relatively quickly, a bit like the Appalachian beans where we eat both beans and the beanies inside together, but the pods stay good for eating a long time.   

First catalogue for the 2027 season has arrived. Kings. Yay, I do love a good seed catalogue, this year's Kings is falling apart from regular flicking through.    I can't be the only one to enjoy a catalogue!

Not tried this but I think the advice is for 1st/2nd earlies.

Is it worth it?

Quote from: JanG on September 03, 2026, 06:57:37I've now found a photo of yellowish peppers which then apparently eventually ripened to red. Perhaps yours will still change colour?

These are similar to Tabasco-type chillies.

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Thanks for the references. I don't get a photo of peppers hanging down; just two picked peppers. Am I missing something? Interestingly the peppers in the two sources look rather different, the first smoother that the second.
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https://www.ukchilliseeds.co.uk/Dong-Xuan-Market-Rare-Chilli-Pepper-Seeds-x-10

Sorry I forgot to answer.  Scroll down a bit and click on the second photo with the yellow fruit.

Quote from: JanG on September 01, 2026, 07:19:51I'm very keen to grow this again. Its keeping qualities are amazing and so good to keep it going. Great that you've managed to hand pollinate it, Galina.

This is how the fruit starts off, a rich forest green on a young fruit.  Its neighbour has almost reached full storage colour.   My two plants have long outgrown their allocated bed and they are scrambling over the adjacent grass area.  This squash is vigorous and needs its space. 

We are going to be in for some treats.  And thank you Jeannine again for your generosity and Jan for passing the joy on to all of us.  MR looking forward to these minis.  The Christmas Tree mini has done rather well here and the surprisingly large fruit did look like large baubles on a Christmas tree.